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I agree 100% with David Dodwell's article urging greater access to the GBA.
Why go to all the effort of promoting the GBA as our government now does incessantly — working in the GBA, "get involved with the GBA" — when it remains a hassle to get there?
I've done car trips in Guangdong, including with the Classic Car Club of Hong Kong, visiting fascinating sites and ending up at the Daya Bay nuclear power station, which CCCHK patron Michael Kadoorie (and CLP boss) showed us around. (A must-see!)
I've done car trips in Guangdong, including with the Classic Car Club of Hong Kong, visiting fascinating sites and ending up at the Daya Bay nuclear power station, which CCCHK patron Michael Kadoorie (and CLP boss) showed us around. (A must-see!)
I've done car trips as far afield as Yunnan, Hunan and Guiyang provinces. But all required extensive forward planning, tiresome paperwork and unreasonable expense.
I tried to get my HK car registered to travel to China, but quickly found that that option was for fat cats only.
Now that Beijing has an even firmer grip on Hong Kong and is pushing the HK-GBA connection, surely it's time to make it easier and cheaper for ordinary folk to travel from here to there.
How about this simple aim: the same arrangements that are available in the rest of the world.
Now that Beijing has an even firmer grip on Hong Kong and is pushing the HK-GBA connection, surely it's time to make it easier and cheaper for ordinary folk to travel from here to there.
How about this simple aim: the same arrangements that are available in the rest of the world.
For example:
So where is the stumbling block? Is it our fearfully cautious government? Or is it the dilatory bureaucracy on the mainland side?
If we moved to open the borders to the GBA, as above, perhaps there would be a more positive reception to the government's invitations to "get more involved".
Hong Kong registered cars free to travel to anywhere in China.There is no reason any of this should be a danger or threat to China. There is no reason it ought not happen.
Hong Kong driver licenses recognised anywhere in China.
Hong Kong car insurance recognised in China anywhere in China.
So where is the stumbling block? Is it our fearfully cautious government? Or is it the dilatory bureaucracy on the mainland side?
If we moved to open the borders to the GBA, as above, perhaps there would be a more positive reception to the government's invitations to "get more involved".
PF, ETC.
